Card: Cloudy the Goat (Salesforce Character)

Inspiration: I've already made cards and have templates for most of the main Salesforce Characters (Astro, Codey, Hootie, Ruth).  I felt I needed to do one for Cloudy who represents Salesforce Administrators.

How I Made It: Like most of these, I started from an image of the character I found online.  Resized it to fit the card size I usually make and printed a few copies.  Then I cut out the different parts (or what I viewed as the different parts) and created a template.

Then I cut out the template and created pieces in each designated color.  I used white for the body, head, and right front leg.  I used brown for the 2 antlers, and black for the 3 hoofs.  Once all the pieces were cut out I glued them together onto a card (I used a light green for the card since I figured a mostly white character shouldn't be on a plain white card).

After gluing it all together I used a pink gel pen to draw Cloud's smile and a black Micron to draw the eye.

Alternatives: I guess I could have used a white card if I was going to draw/color a background.  I could also work on creating some kind of costume for Cloudy to wear (maybe).

Card: Ruth (Salesforce Elephant)

Inspiration: I've made card-versions of few of the Salesforce characters.  Since I'm working on a crafting event for a local Women-in-Tech (WIT) group, I thought it might be a good idea to have one for this very popular character representing Architects.

How I Made It: I started from an image I found of the character online.  She has her right arm raised up and is wearing her typical outfit (paint splotched shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, pearl necklace).  I printed multiple copies of the image in the size of the card I typically make (4 inches by 5 inches).  Then I cut out parts and used them to create a template.

I cut out my template and then traced on the colors of paper marked.  Gray for the body, ears, arms, and tail.  White for the shirt.  Blue for the pants. Pink for the cheeks. I chose a shiny black for the shoes (so she ends up wearing patent-leather flats rather than tennis shoes). 

On the shirt, I used markers to color in the paint splotches.  Then I started to glue all the parts together.  I used a shiny light blue gel marker to draw in the pearl necklace after gluing on the shirt.  The last part was to use a black marker and draw in the eyes and lashes.

Alternates:

I didn't add much to this card, other than coloring in grass and sky.  Since I'm making a bunch of kits for others to make their own versions, it'll be fun to see how they embellish and add to it.